Genesis - 24:51



51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 24:51.

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Behold Rebecca is before thee, take her and go thy way, and let her be the wife of thy master's son, as the Lord hath spoken.
Behold, Rebecca is before thee: take her, and go away; and let her be wife of thy master's son, as Jehovah has said.
lo, Rebekah is before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord's son, as Jehovah hath spoken.'
See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.
Lo, Rebekah is in your sight. Take her and continue on, and let her be the wife of the son of your lord, just as the Lord has spoken."
Ecce, Ribca coram to, accipe, et vade: et sit uxor filio domini tui, quemadmodum loquutus est Iehova.

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Historical Commentaries

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Behold, Rebekah is before thee,.... Not only was present, but she was delivered to him, or his request was granted:
take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife; not that they meant he should go away directly with her; for they afterwards solicit her stay with them some time; but they agreed that he should bare her and conduct her to Isaac, to be taken by him for his wife:
as the Lord hath spoken; for so they understood the token given to the servant to know her by, as the determination of God.

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